Electoral_results_for_the_district_of_Wollongong-Kembla
Electoral results for the district of Wollongong-Kembla
Election results for Wollongong-Kembla, New South Wales, Australia
Wollongong-Kembla, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1941 and abolished in 1968.[1][2][3]
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| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Billy Davies | Labor | |
| 1944 | |||
| 1947 | |||
| 1950 by | Baden Powell | Labor | |
| 1950 | Rex Connor | Labor | |
| 1953 | |||
| 1956 | |||
| 1959 | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1964 by | Doug Porter | Labor | |
| 1965 | Jack Hough | Liberal | |
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Elections in the 1960s
1965
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Doug Porter | 9,805 | 46.7 | −11.8 | |
| Liberal | Jack Hough | 9,539 | 45.4 | +3.9 | |
| Independent | Andrew Gibson | 903 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
| Independent | Peter Barnes | 760 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 21,007 | 97.2 | −1.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 613 | 2.8 | +1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 21,620 | 94.8 | −1.2 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Jack Hough | 10,697 | 50.9 | +9.4 | |
| Labor | Doug Porter | 10,310 | 49.1 | −9.4 | |
| Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +9.4 | |||
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Wollongong−Kembla.[edit]
1964 by-election
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Doug Porter | 9,641 | 50.5 | -8.0 | |
| Liberal | Jack Hough | 9,441 | 49.5 | +8.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 19,082 | 97.4 | -1.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 512 | 2.6 | +1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 19,594 | 85.4 | -8.2 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | -8.2 | |||
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This section is an excerpt from 1964 Wollongong-Kembla state by-election § Result.[edit]
1962
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Rex Connor | 12,236 | 58.5 | +0.1 | |
| Liberal | Jack Hough | 8,698 | 41.5 | −0.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 20,934 | 98.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 344 | 1.6 | |||
| Turnout | 21,278 | 93.6 | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Wollongong−Kembla.[edit]
Elections in the 1950s
1959
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Rex Connor | 11,515 | 58.4 | ||
| Liberal | Jack Hough | 8,211 | 41.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 19,726 | 97.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 475 | 2.4 | |||
| Turnout | 20,201 | 93.7 | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Wollongong−Kembla.[edit]
1956
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Rex Connor | 9,636 | 55.2 | +0.3 | |
| Liberal | Robert Albert | 6,027 | 34.5 | +34.5 | |
| Independent | George Parker | 1,785 | 10.2 | −30.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 17,448 | 98.3 | +1.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 293 | 1.7 | −1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 17,741 | 93.7 | −0.9 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Rex Connor | 10,528 | 60.3 | +4.3 | |
| Liberal | Robert Albert | 6,920 | 39.7 | +39.7 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Wollongong−Kembla.[edit]
1953
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Rex Connor | 9,073 | 54.9 | ||
| Independent | George Parker | 6,722 | 40.6 | ||
| Communist | William Harkness | 740 | 4.5 | ||
| Total formal votes | 16,535 | 96.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 524 | 3.1 | |||
| Turnout | 17,059 | 94.6 | |||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Rex Connor | 9,443 | 57.1 | ||
| Independent | George Parker | 7,092 | 42.9 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Wollongong-Kembla.[edit]
1950
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Rex Connor | 7,808 | 47.9 | ||
| Liberal | Gerald Sargent | 6,520 | 40.0 | ||
| Independent | Henry Graham | 1,982 | 12.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 16,310 | 98.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 234 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 16,544 | 95.2 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Rex Connor | 8,484 | 52.0 | ||
| Liberal | Gerald Sargent | 7,826 | 48.0 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Wollongong-Kembla.[edit]
1950 by-election
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Baden Powell | 7,674 | 50.9 | ||
| Liberal | Gerald Sargent | 7,413 | 49.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 15,087 | 98.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 230 | 1.5 | |||
| Turnout | 15,317 | 87.4 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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This section is an excerpt from 1950 Wollongong-Kembla state by-election § Result.[edit]
Elections in the 1940s
1947
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Billy Davies | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | |||||
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Wollongong-Kembla.[edit]
1944
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Billy Davies | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | |||||
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Wollongong-Kembla.[edit]
1941
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Billy Davies | 11,638 | 82.3 | ||
| State Labor | William Frame | 2,511 | 17.7 | ||
| Total formal votes | 14,149 | 95.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 737 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 14,886 | 93.1 | |||
| Labor notional hold | Swing | ||||
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Wollongong-Kembla.[edit]
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